A central Kentucky mother is cited after police say her toddler was living in filthy conditions and surrounded by drugs in Nicholasville, Ky."That's devastating to hear, a child treated that way," said Rudy Flannery, who lives just a few houses down from Melinda Clemmons. "It should be unheard of," said Flannery.Officers say they were overwhelmed by a cloud of marijuana smoke and filth when they found a 14-month-old little girl at Melinda Clemmons' home.They say prescription narcotics were also found but no prescriptions."There were used diapers laying everywhere," Nicholasville police Officer Kevin Grimes said. "Sitting on the table in the room was a potty used for training purposes, and it was full of feces."Clemmons and another man were cited on charges of possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child.

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. —

A central Kentucky mother is cited after police say her toddler was living in filthy conditions and surrounded by drugs in Nicholasville, Ky.

"That's devastating to hear, a child treated that way," said Rudy Flannery, who lives just a few houses down from Melinda Clemmons. "It should be unheard of," said Flannery.

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Officers say they were overwhelmed by a cloud of marijuana smoke and filth when they found a 14-month-old little girl at Melinda Clemmons' home.

They say prescription narcotics were also found but no prescriptions.

"There were used diapers laying everywhere," Nicholasville police Officer Kevin Grimes said. "Sitting on the table in the room was a potty used for training purposes, and it was full of feces."

Clemmons and another man were cited on charges of possession of marijuana and endangering the welfare of a child.